Both doctors are charged with allegedly distributing controlled substances outside of their medical practice for no legitimate purpose from December 2010 through 2012.

The charges allege that the drugs Oxycodone, Roxicodone, and Opana ER, all highly addictive substances, were prescribed and and that some were sold to recruiters in exchange for cash payments by Awada after ordering unnecessary medical procedures.

The pills were they sold on the street market, according to the charges.